TSS Great Southern (1902)

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History
Name1902–1934: TSS Great Southern
Operator1902–1934: Great Western Railway
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Builder Laird Brothers, Birkenhead
Yard number650
Launched25 January 1902
Out of service1934
FateScrapped by John Cashmore, Newport, Monmouthshire
General characteristics
Tonnage1,339  GRT

TSS Great Southern was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1902. [1]

History

She was built by Laird Brothers in Birkenhead for the Great Western Railway as a twin-screw steamer for the Irish Sea ferry service between Milford Haven and Waterford. [2] She was a sister ship to TSS Great Western.

In 1910 she ran aground on shingle at Parkswood, Waterford River during a fog. [3] She ran aground again in the same river in 1929. [4]

Later in her career she operated occasionally from Weymouth on the Channel Islands service.

In 1934 she was sold for scrapping by John Cashmore of Newport, Monmouthshire.

References

  1. ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. ↑ "G.W.R Half-Yearly Report" . Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette. Bath. 14 August 1902. Retrieved 10 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "G.W.R Steamer Aground" . Gloucestershire Echo. Gloucester. 1 February 1910. Retrieved 10 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Ashore in a Fog" . Gloucestershire Echo. Gloucester. 9 February 1929. Retrieved 10 October 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
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